Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Thiago Silva was released from the organization Friday after a series of domestic disputes escalated into a standoff with police Thursday night and resulted in the fighter’s arrest.
A U.S. Senate Committee has passed a bill authorizing hundreds of millions of dollars for environmental projects at Lake Tahoe.
Each winter drivers from Maine to Texas are reminded just how dependent we are on our cars and what happens when snow and ice get in the way. More than 116,000 Americans are injured and over 1,300 are killed on snowy, slushy or icy pavement every winter.
The 7-year-old boy who was attacked by a pit bull in Las Vegas last week won’t lose his leg as was feared, but the dog could be “put down” Tuesday if no one claims it.
Want to get down on the U.S.-Russia “Miracle on Ice” rematch or place a wager that the Jamaican bobsled team will win a medal at the Winter Olympics? You will have to go offshore to do so, because Nevada sports books aren’t allowed to accept wagers on Olympic events.
A beautiful symmetry occurs on stage during Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s impressive presentation of Theresa Rebeck’s comedy “Seminar.” Live theater is the ultimate collaboration, and here we see all its elements, of both the human and technical kind, coming together in perfect harmony and existing in symbiotic relationship.
St. James the Apostle Catholic Church, 1920 N. Martin Luther King Blvd., will have its annual revival at 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday. The revival will feature Deacon Doug Johnson, his wife, Sheree Brown, and music by Susan Braire and the St. James Gospel Choir. Soup and chili will be served at 5 p.m. each day (702-648-6606).
It’s good for a basketball coach to know his team’s strengths.
The two Republican candidates for lieutenant governor took their primary battle to rural Nevada on Friday in a contest that could have far-reaching consequences for the state’s political future.
A 36-year-old man was indicted by a grand jury on charges he raped a woman at a Strip casino late last month, Clark County prosecutors said Friday.
Findlay Prep senior Rashad Vaughn decided Friday to delay the announcement of his college destination.
Chad Nehring scored two goals for the Wranglers, who erased a 3-1 deficit to force overtime before suffering a 4-3 shootout loss to the Utah Grizzlies on Friday night before 5,572 at the Orleans Arena.
Jazmin Chavez hit two free throws with four seconds left Friday as Durango’s girls basketball team stunned visiting Arbor View, 40-39.
Lincoln County girls basketball coach Lori Cheeney stresses hard-nosed defense.
Anye Drummond rushed for 326 yards and three touchdowns Friday to help Sierra Vista’s flag football team to a 31-18 home win over Cheyenne.
A national pro-marijuana organization announced Friday that it intends this year to circulate petitions calling for legalizing recreational marijuana in Nevada with the intent of putting the matter before voters in the November 2016 elections.
A member of the U.S. Air Force stationed at Nellis was arrested on child abuse charges after his 3-month-old son was rushed to the hospital with what authorities said was “abusive head trauma.”
North Las Vegas looked to save some $665,000 in annual salary and benefits costs this week, laying off five high-level administrators in a move that will see the city’s Administrative Services Department fold into its Finance and Code Enforcement divisions.
A 32-year-old man was convicted on Friday of second-degree murder and other charges for the February 2009 slaying of 28-year-old Atsku Tekle.
Las Vegas police are asking the public for help finding a missing man.
A man accused of trying to burn down a pet shop with puppies inside was arrested in Crown Point, Ind., by a Chicago based FBI violent crimes task force, the Las Vegas Review-Journal learned late Friday.
Outside Las Vegas, Andre Agassi’s legacy is defined by his eight Grand Slam tennis titles. But in his hometown, Mr. Agassi’s reputation as an education reformer is rapidly redefining his celebrity.
As local governments in Nevada struggle with how to implement the laws on medical marijuana dispensaries, one fact looms in the background, casting a shadow over the entire enterprise.
Congressional Budget Office reports carry the weight of a feather. Although the CBO passes for as neutral a party as our government can currently muster, its credibility suffers by the heavy use of easily manipulated government data.
If you thought Republicans hated Obamacare, you obviously haven’t talked to anyone in organized labor.
The Clark County School Board is justifiably cautious about placing any kind of school construction question on November’s ballot. Just 15 months ago, two-thirds of voters rejected a property tax increase that would have funded hundreds of millions of dollars worth of school upgrades and a few new campuses. Has the valley’s economic and political climate changed enough since then to gain a 20-point swing in support? Such a shift would be an election miracle.
